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Hey, RotoBallers! We have published all our hitting positions already. It's now time to focus on pitchers. Pitchers and catchers will report in a few weeks, and Spring Training games will follow suit shortly after. We are here to help you build that league-winning staff with our MLB team's early 2024 fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues. Most leagues require you to start nine pitchers altogether between starters and relievers. There is a plethora of pitching talent in 2024, but only a few aces stand out. Spencer Strider, Gerrit Cole, and Corbin Burnes are the only pitchers ranked in tier one.
Seattle Mariners right-hander George Kirby was a highly touted prospect and delivered for fantasy managers in 2023. The 25-year-old owned a 3.35 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, and a 172: 19 K: BB across 190 2/3 innings. Kirby will take the next step and become an ace for most fantasy teams, as RotoBaller currently ranks him as the eighth-best pitcher. Detroit Tigers southpaw Tarik Skubal underwent flexor tendon surgery in August 2022 and made his 2023 season debut in July. The 27-year-old was impressive in his return from injury, posting a 2.80 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, and a 102: 14 K: BB across 80 1/3 innings last season. Find out where RotoBaller has Skubal and other key starters such as Eury Perez, Grayson Rodriguez, Justin Steele, Joe Ryan, Michael King, Paul Skenes, Andrew Abbott, Bryce Miller, and Mitch Keller rank for 2024 fantasy baseball drafts.
The starting pitcher rankings below are specifically designed for traditional 5x5 Roto Mixed Leagues (click here for points leagues, dynasty leagues, and prospect rankings). We also have many other tools and resources to help you win in 2024. We've worked hard to keep track of all off-season moves to get you covered for your fantasy baseball drafts with our 2024 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit. It includes various fantasy baseball tools and exclusive articles/projections for different formats. We're also writing fresh daily articles analyzing this year's fantasy baseball sleepers, breakouts, and so much more. Win more in 2024!
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Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher News and Injuries
- Michael Lorenzen Being Eyed By The Orioles
- Domingo German Receiving Interest From Blue Jays, Orioles
- Angels, Matt Moore Agree To One-Year Deal
- Noah Syndergaard, Michael Lorenzen Hold Workours For Teams
- James Paxton Finalized One-Year Deal With Dodgers
- Phillies Agree To Terms With Kolby Allard
- Triston McKenzie Feeling Good As Spring Training Approaches
- Brayan Bello To Emphasize His Slider More In 2024
- Alex Cobb To Begin Throwing Program
- Late-Summer Return Could Be Possible For Lance McCullers Jr.
- John Brebbia In Agreement With White Sox
- Tigers, Casey Mize Avoid Arbitration
- Grayson Rodriguez Adding New Pitch?
- Alex Cobb To Start Throwing Soon
- Giants To Use Jordan Hicks As "Conventional Starter"
- Dylan Cease Believed To Be Staying Put For Now
- Dustin May Started Throwing Progression
- Twins Say Pablo Lopez Will Be Opening Day Starter
- Rangers Sign Jose Urena To Minor-League Deal
- Blue Jays Keeping Tabs On Blake Snell
- James Paxton Drawing Interest From Baltimore
- Sean Manaea Officially Signs With The Mets
- Dodgers Expected To Use Six-Man Rotation In 2024
- Guardians Unlikely To Trade Shane Bieber
- Rays, Aaron Civale Settle At One-Year $4.9 Million
- Jesus Luzardo, Marlins Avoid Arbitration
- Michael King Avoids Arbitration With New Club
- Zac Gallen Avoids Arbitration With Diamondbacks
- Brent Suter Agrees With Reds On One-Year Deal
- Luke Weaver, Yankees Agree On One-Year Deal
- Dane Dunning Avoids Arbitration With Rangers
- Marcus Stroman, Yankees Agree On Two-Year Deal
- Astros Avoid Arbitration With Framber Valdez
- Corbin Burnes, Brewers Settle At $15.673 Million
- Walker Buehler, Dodgers Settle At $8.025 Million
- Max Fried, Braves Settle At $15 Million
- Shane McClanahan, Rays Avoid Arbitration With Two-Year Pact
- Justin Steele, Cubs Avoid Arbitration
- Tarik Skubal Avoids Arbitration With Tigers
- Logan Gilbert, Mariners Settle At $4.05 Million
- Pirates Think Paul Skenes Could Benefit From More Development
- Pirates Avoid Arbitration With JT Brubaker
Top 175 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings (January Update)
Rankings by Nick Mariano and Brad Camara. They are for 5x5 category mixed roto leagues and will be updated regularly on our main fantasy baseball rankings dashboard through Opening Day. Download our free mobile app with push notification alerts and stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis.
| SP Tier | SP Ranking | Player Name | Pos | Overall |
| 1 | 1 | Spencer Strider | SP | 10 |
| 1 | 2 | Gerrit Cole | SP | 13 |
| 1 | 3 | Shohei Ohtani | DH/SP | 15 |
| 2 | 4 | Corbin Burnes | SP | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Zack Wheeler | SP | 28 |
| 2 | 6 | Luis Castillo | SP | 29 |
| 2 | 7 | Kevin Gausman | SP | 34 |
| 2 | 8 | Tyler Glasnow | SP | 35 |
| 2 | 9 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | SP | 37 |
| 2 | 10 | George Kirby | SP | 41 |
| 2 | 11 | Pablo Lopez | SP | 42 |
| 3 | 12 | Zac Gallen | SP | 48 |
| 3 | 13 | Max Fried | SP | 49 |
| 3 | 14 | Aaron Nola | SP | 51 |
| 3 | 15 | Blake Snell | SP | 52 |
| 3 | 16 | Freddy Peralta | SP | 56 |
| 3 | 17 | Tarik Skubal | SP | 57 |
| 3 | 18 | Kodai Senga | SP | 66 |
| 3 | 19 | Logan Webb | SP | 68 |
| 3 | 20 | Framber Valdez | SP | 69 |
| 4 | 21 | Eury Perez | SP | 72 |
| 4 | 22 | Grayson Rodriguez | SP | 73 |
| 4 | 23 | Logan Gilbert | SP | 76 |
| 4 | 24 | Bobby Miller | SP | 82 |
| 5 | 25 | Jesus Luzardo | SP | 84 |
| 5 | 26 | Zach Eflin | SP | 87 |
| 5 | 27 | Joe Ryan | SP | 92 |
| 5 | 28 | Sonny Gray | SP | 93 |
| 5 | 29 | Justin Steele | SP | 98 |
| 5 | 30 | Kyle Bradish | SP | 99 |
| 5 | 31 | Walker Buehler | SP | 103 |
| 5 | 32 | Joe Musgrove | SP | 107 |
| 5 | 33 | Cole Ragans | SP/RP | 108 |
| 5 | 34 | Justin Verlander | SP | 110 |
| 6 | 35 | Dylan Cease | SP | 111 |
| 6 | 36 | Jordan Montgomery | SP | 124 |
| 6 | 37 | Hunter Greene | SP | 125 |
| 6 | 38 | Tanner Bibee | SP | 134 |
| 6 | 39 | Michael King | SP/RP | 136 |
| 6 | 40 | Chris Sale | SP | 137 |
| 6 | 41 | Chris Bassitt | SP | 140 |
| 6 | 42 | Shane Bieber | SP | 144 |
| 7 | 43 | Mitch Keller | SP | 145 |
| 7 | 44 | Bailey Ober | SP | 153 |
| 7 | 45 | Hunter Brown | SP | 156 |
| 7 | 46 | Carlos Rodon | SP | 157 |
| 7 | 47 | Merrill Kelly | SP | 161 |
| 7 | 48 | Gavin Williams | SP | 164 |
| 7 | 49 | Cristian Javier | SP | 174 |
| 7 | 50 | Jose Berrios | SP | 175 |
| 7 | 51 | Shane Baz | SP | 178 |
| 7 | 52 | Nick Lodolo | SP | 180 |
| 7 | 53 | Bryce Miller | SP | 184 |
| 7 | 54 | Nick Pivetta | SP/RP | 185 |
| 7 | 55 | Eduardo Rodriguez | SP | 187 |
| 7 | 56 | Bryan Woo | SP | 191 |
| 7 | 57 | Nathan Eovaldi | SP | 193 |
| 7 | 58 | Yu Darvish | SP | 197 |
| 8 | 59 | Aaron Civale | SP | 205 |
| 8 | 60 | Charlie Morton | SP | 211 |
| 8 | 61 | Andrew Abbott | SP | 212 |
| 8 | 62 | Braxton Garrett | SP | 217 |
| 8 | 63 | Triston McKenzie | SP | 222 |
| 8 | 64 | Brandon Pfaadt | SP | 229 |
| 8 | 65 | Lucas Giolito | SP | 230 |
| 8 | 66 | Shota Imanaga | SP | 231 |
| 8 | 67 | Brayan Bello | SP | 232 |
| 8 | 68 | Cristopher Sanchez | SP | 238 |
| 8 | 69 | Kenta Maeda | SP | 242 |
| 8 | 70 | Reid Detmers | SP | 244 |
| 8 | 71 | Emmet Sheehan | SP | 245 |
| 8 | 72 | Kyle Harrison | SP | 246 |
| 8 | 73 | Mason Miller | SP | 247 |
| 8 | 74 | Michael Wacha | SP | 259 |
| 8 | 75 | Kutter Crawford | SP/RP | 260 |
| 9 | 76 | Taj Bradley | SP | 263 |
| 9 | 77 | Nestor Cortes Jr. | SP | 264 |
| 9 | 78 | John Means | SP | 267 |
| 9 | 79 | Luis Severino | SP | 277 |
| 9 | 80 | Edward Cabrera | SP | 278 |
| 9 | 81 | Yusei Kikuchi | SP | 280 |
| 9 | 82 | Reese Olson | SP | 283 |
| 9 | 83 | Max Scherzer | SP | 292 |
| 9 | 84 | Jon Gray | SP | 302 |
| 9 | 85 | Marcus Stroman | SP | 307 |
| 9 | 86 | MacKenzie Gore | SP | 311 |
| 9 | 87 | Lance Lynn | SP | 312 |
| 9 | 88 | Griffin Canning | SP | 314 |
| 9 | 89 | Sawyer Gipson-Long | SP | 315 |
| 9 | 90 | Chase Silseth | SP/RP | 316 |
| 9 | 91 | Dane Dunning | SP/RP | 321 |
| 9 | 92 | Dean Kremer | SP | 328 |
| 9 | 93 | Paul Skenes | SP | 331 |
| 10 | 94 | Tyler Wells | SP/RP | 332 |
| 10 | 95 | Taijuan Walker | SP | 339 |
| 10 | 96 | Ranger Suarez | SP | 340 |
| 10 | 97 | Clayton Kershaw | SP | 341 |
| 10 | 98 | Jameson Taillon | SP | 344 |
| 10 | 99 | Patrick Sandoval | SP | 345 |
| 10 | 100 | Miles Mikolas | SP | 348 |
| 10 | 101 | Bryce Elder | SP | 351 |
| 10 | 102 | Ricky Tiedemann | SP | 355 |
| 10 | 103 | Steven Matz | SP/RP | 359 |
| 10 | 104 | Josiah Gray | SP | 361 |
| 10 | 105 | Matt Manning | SP | 367 |
| 10 | 106 | Andrew Heaney | SP/RP | 369 |
| 10 | 107 | Mike Clevinger | SP | 375 |
| 10 | 108 | Zack Littell | SP/RP | 378 |
| 10 | 109 | Clarke Schmidt | SP | 381 |
| 10 | 110 | Graham Ashcraft | SP | 382 |
| 11 | 111 | AJ Smith-Shawver | SP | 383 |
| 11 | 112 | Alek Manoah | SP | 384 |
| 11 | 113 | James Paxton | SP | 385 |
| 11 | 114 | Alex Cobb | SP | 390 |
| 11 | 115 | Jacob deGrom | SP | 392 |
| 11 | 116 | Frankie Montas | SP | 395 |
| 11 | 117 | Sean Manaea | SP/RP | 396 |
| 11 | 118 | Trevor Rogers | SP | 399 |
| 11 | 119 | Aaron Ashby | SP/RP | 403 |
| 11 | 120 | JP Sears | SP | 409 |
| 11 | 121 | Cade Horton | SP | 411 |
| 12 | 122 | Jose Quintana | SP | 412 |
| 12 | 123 | Gavin Stone | SP | 413 |
| 12 | 124 | Erick Fedde | SP | 415 |
| 12 | 125 | Jackson Jobe | SP | 418 |
| 12 | 126 | Kyle Hendricks | SP | 420 |
| 12 | 127 | Jack Flaherty | SP | 421 |
| 12 | 128 | Robert Gasser | SP | 425 |
| 12 | 129 | Javier Assad | SP/RP | 426 |
| 12 | 130 | Casey Mize | SP | 427 |
| 12 | 131 | Jordan Wicks | SP | 429 |
| 12 | 132 | Tanner Houck | SP | 433 |
| 12 | 133 | Brady Singer | SP | 434 |
| 13 | 134 | Max Meyer | SP | 435 |
| 13 | 135 | Kyle Gibson | SP | 443 |
| 13 | 136 | J.P. France | SP | 445 |
| 13 | 137 | Wade Miley | SP | 446 |
| 13 | 138 | Jeffrey Springs | SP/RP | 448 |
| 13 | 139 | Tylor Megill | SP | 450 |
| 13 | 140 | Joe Boyle | SP | 452 |
| 13 | 141 | Jose Urquidy | SP/RP | 453 |
| 13 | 142 | Chris Paddack | SP | 455 |
| 13 | 143 | Hyun Jin Ryu | SP | 460 |
| 13 | 144 | Garrett Whitlock | SP/RP | 461 |
| 13 | 145 | Brandon Williamson | SP | 464 |
| 13 | 146 | Michael Kopech | SP | 465 |
| 13 | 147 | Hayden Wesneski | SP/RP | 466 |
| 13 | 148 | Louie Varland | SP/RP | 467 |
| 13 | 149 | Drew Thorpe | SP | 468 |
| 13 | 150 | Keaton Winn | SP | 472 |
| 13 | 151 | Robbie Ray | SP | 474 |
| 13 | 152 | Connor Phillips | SP | 476 |
| 13 | 153 | Jacob Misiorowski | SP | 477 |
| 13 | 154 | Johan Oviedo | SP | 482 |
| 13 | 155 | Matt Strahm | SP/RP | 484 |
| 14 | 156 | Lance McCullers Jr. | SP | 486 |
| 14 | 157 | Michael Lorenzen | SP | 487 |
| 14 | 158 | Will Warren | SP | 489 |
| 14 | 159 | David Peterson | SP/RP | 491 |
| 14 | 160 | Jared Jones | SP | 492 |
| 14 | 161 | Dustin May | SP | 494 |
| 14 | 162 | David Festa | SP | 495 |
| 14 | 163 | Hurston Waldrep | SP | 496 |
| 14 | 164 | Ken Waldichuk | SP | 504 |
| 14 | 165 | Mick Abel | SP | 509 |
| 14 | 166 | Nick Martinez | SP/RP | 510 |
| 14 | 167 | Shane McClanahan | SP | 511 |
| 14 | 168 | Ryne Nelson | SP | 515 |
| 14 | 169 | Colin Rea | SP | 516 |
| 14 | 170 | Luis Medina | SP/RP | 520 |
| 15 | 171 | Mike Soroka | SP | 522 |
| 15 | 172 | Paul Blackburn | SP | 523 |
| 15 | 173 | Drew Rasmussen | SP | 524 |
| 15 | 174 | Ryan Yarbrough | SP/RP | 525 |
| 15 | 175 | Roansy Contreras | SP/RP | 528 |
| 15 | 176 | Emerson Hancock | SP | 531 |
| 15 | 177 | Jack Leiter | SP | 534 |
| 15 | 178 | Michael Grove | SP/RP | 541 |
| 15 | 179 | Matthew Liberatore | SP/RP | 545 |
| 15 | 180 | Alex Faedo | SP | 547 |
| 16 | 181 | Adrian Houser | SP | 549 |
| 16 | 182 | Cade Cavalli | SP | 554 |
| 16 | 183 | Carlos Rodriguez | SP | 556 |
| 16 | 184 | Drew Smyly | SP/RP | 564 |
| 16 | 185 | Ross Stripling | SP/RP | 568 |
| 16 | 186 | Shintaro Fujinami | SP/RP | 571 |
| 16 | 187 | Allan Winans | SP | 572 |
| 16 | 188 | Jared Shuster | SP | 573 |
| 16 | 189 | Tyler Anderson | SP | 583 |
| 16 | 190 | Alex Wood | SP/RP | 589 |
| 16 | 191 | Tyler Mahle | SP | 593 |
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